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The Nintendo Entertainment System controller is the main controller for the NES. While previous systems had used joysticks, the NES controller provided a directional pad (the d-pad was introduced in the Game & Watch version of Donkey Kong). Its four buttons along with the D-pad simplified the controls, helping the NES to be phenomenally successful. The controller was colored grey with a black face with grey stripes. Nintendo of America employee Lance Barr designed the controller. The controllers were first available with the Control Deck and Deluxe Set bundles for the NES in 1985. Later, additional controllers (sold in packs of two) would be available for purchase. A slightly modified NES controller with an all-black casing was released with the Television With Built-In NES. The first version of the controller was discontinued in 1993.

Redesign

When the NES2 was released in 1993, designed to resemble the SNES, the controller was redesigned to resemble the SNES controller while retaining the palette of the original. Its "dog bone" shape was notably different from the simple rectangular shape of the original. Also the A and B buttons were diagonal instead of straight across like on the original controller. This version of the controller was discontinued in 1995.

Legacy

The NES controller is the most widely-known controller in Nintendo history. It has appeared in subsequent media along with Nintendo merchandise and even future games. The Wii Remote acts as an NES controller substitute for all NES Virtual Console titles. In Captain N: The Game Master, the NES controller appeared as Kevin Keene's Power Pad, which he could use to move fast, jump to high heights, and even freeze the action around him (strangely, he was always shown pressing the Select button to pause things instead of the Start button).

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MODEL NO: NES-004

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-The '''NES Controller''' looks much like a skinny brick with four buttons, ''A'', ''B'', ''Start'', and ''Select'', and a ''D-Pad''. The NES Controller was the first controller to ever use a D-Pad, which was created by [[Game Boy]] creator, [[Gunpei Yokoi]], to replace the huge Joystiqs that were featured on arcades, or on earlier consoles.
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+}}[[File:Nintendo Entertainment System (Controller).png|thumb|The NES controller.]]The '''Nintendo Entertainment System controller''' is the main controller for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]. While previous systems had used joysticks, the NES controller provided a directional pad (the d-pad was introduced in the [[Game & Watch]] version of ''[[Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong]]''). Its four buttons along with the D-pad simplified the controls, helping the NES to be phenomenally successful. The controller was colored grey with a black face with grey stripes. [[Nintendo of America]] employee [[Lance Barr]] designed the controller. The controllers were first available with the Control Deck and Deluxe Set bundles for the NES in [[1985]]. Later, additional controllers (sold in packs of two) would be available for purchase. A slightly modified NES controller with an all-black casing was released with the [[Television With Built-In NES]]. The first version of the controller was discontinued in 1993.
+==Redesign==
-One main diffrence from the NES and Famicom controller is that the Famicom version had a built in microphone that you could shout or blow into to make in-game events happen. An example of this is when you blow or shout into it, it will kill a certain enemy in Japan version of ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''.
+When the [[NES2]] was released in [[1993]], designed to resemble the [[SNES]], the controller was redesigned to resemble the [[SNES controller]] while retaining the palette of the original. Its "dog bone" shape was notably different from the simple rectangular shape of the original. Also the A and B buttons were diagonal instead of straight across like on the original controller. This version of the controller was discontinued in 1995.
+==Legacy==
-The [[Wii Remote]] was made with the NES Controller in mind. When sideways, it looks like an evolved and stylish version of the controller, and NES games that are downloaded via the [[Wii Shop Channel]]'s [[Virtual Console]] are played this way, as are some retail titles such as ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' and ''[[Wario Land: The Shake Dimension]]''.
+The NES controller is the most widely-known controller in Nintendo history. It has appeared in subsequent media along with Nintendo merchandise and even future games. The [[Wii Remote]] acts as an NES controller substitute for all NES [[Virtual Console (Wii)|Virtual Console]] titles. In ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'', the NES controller appeared as [[Kevin Keene]]'s Power Pad, which he could use to move fast, jump to high heights, and even freeze the action around him (strangely, he was always shown pressing the Select button to pause things instead of the Start button).
-==Culture==
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+MODEL NO: NES-004
-The NES Controller has become the pivotal image of retro [[Nintendo]], being placed on various memorabilia. It is perhaps the most well known controller in video game history, and has been featured in various video games as a cameo. The simple, rectangular design is recognized by all gamers, and its colors, red and black, have been used to create NES inspired objects, even Nike tennis shoes.
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